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The Western-educated Sa'id Pasha takes control of Egypt. He continues modernization reforms in the country.
Antislavery and proslavery sides begin to battle in Kansas.
13 February A U.S. fleet commanded by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, which had first visited Japan on 8 July 1853, enters Tokyo Bay; he demands that Japan open its ports to the importation of American goods. Japan concedes its weakness and opens two ports. To slow Western penetration, Japan begins to build a stronger, more modern army.
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